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'Just didn't work out': Encouraging start for Tigers goes up in flames

Pittsburgh — Funny thing about the Tigers' 8-7 loss to the Pirates Wednesday night — it just about followed the script manager Ron Gardenhire had envisioned.

With some fairly tragic alterations, of course.

"We knew with Jordan (Zimmermann) starting, he'd be able to go about 70-75 pitches, and he got there in four innings," Gardenhire said. "It was Nick Ramirez's job to get us through the next three innings at least.